The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright Bill Westheimer 2009 An emotional trigger is when one experiences an event or in the presence of an object, there is an immediate recall of memories of past events and related emotions. Triggers can be diverse, such as a whiff of a particular perfume may recall visits with a favorite Aunt or perhaps the first dance with a future spouse. The trigger may also recall a traumatic event or a... Continue Reading →
Copyright Chris Jordan 2009 courtesy of Kopeikin Gallery and Prestel Verlag In the Old Testament of the Bible, there are the numerous stories of the Prophets who have an unpopular message for their leaders and the masses, messages that most would prefer to ignore in order to not disrupt their current enjoyable life style. Likewise... Continue Reading →
Copyright Sebastiao Salgado 2006 courtesy Thames & Hudson Sebastiao Salgado has been frequently labeled a humanist photographer with the documentary story telling capability of W. Eugene Smith. This Thames and Hudson book Sebastiao Salgado helps to support these attributes. It is a nice compact book that covers a sampling of Salgado’s photographs made during his... Continue Reading →
Imogen Cunningham, Self portrait 1913, copyright of the Imogen Cunningham Trust, courtesy of Cavallo Point Lodge In 2008 Cavallo Point Lodge published their photobook on Imogen Cunningham (b. 1883 – d. 1976), titled Capturing Spirit in conjunction with their exhibition of her photographs, titled Celebrating Imogen. I was not aware of any Cunningham books that... Continue Reading →
Copyright Chris Shaw, 2006 courtesy Twin Palms Publishers Over a ten period that Chris Shaw worked the night shift at a number of hotels, he also carried his camera and created a photographic notebook of his experiences. He photographed those he worked with and those who came to frequent the hotels, especially those who also "worked"... Continue Reading →
William Eggleston, Paris, copyright 2009 courtesy Steidl, http://www.steidl.com William Eggleston’s recent book Paris, published by Steidl and commissioned by Foundation Cartier, is a collective body of work that comprises his oeuvre of color drawings and recent Paris photographs. Similar to Ben Shahn, Charles Scheeler, Diego Rivera, Man Ray, Robert Rauschenberg and Ed Ruscha, Eggleston has... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale * A pilgrimage is a journey made by individuals to either a special place that has moral significance or a holy place. I think of the photo documentation of scared sites by Linda Connor in her photobook Odyssey, with its emphasis on the sacred sites, for which the Odyssey was a destination... Continue Reading →
The Regulars copyright Sarah Stolfa 2009, courtesy of Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing When the subject of “regulars” comes up, I think of folks who visit a given place in a habitual way. After reading Sarah Stolfa’s photobook The Regulars, perhaps the immediate context is of a favorite club, tavern or bar. That probably arises from... Continue Reading →
Copyright Mark Klett 2008 courtesy of Cavallo Point Lodge & Edition One Books Time is such an elusive element, and for photographers, it is also an essential component for creating a photograph. As a result, the relevance of time to photography has been written about by John Berger, John Szarkowski, Susan Sontag, Roland Barthes, Andy... Continue Reading →
Copyright Chris Jordan, 2006 courtesy Princeton Architectual Press Artist’s have long realized that they could use their creative efforts in an attempt to influence public opinions and policies that are aligned with their environmental and social concerns. Jacob Riis photographically documented the New York slums in the 1880’s dates, Thomas Moran applied his paint in... Continue Reading →
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